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Rev Dan
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When a Church Chooses a Flag Over Women
1w ago00:19:01Tap to summarizeSunderland Minster in the Diocese of Durham has put a transgender flag on its women's toilet door and offered to chaperone any woman who feels uncomfortable using them. In this video I look at what actually happened, whether the law was broken, and what it reveals about the Church of England right now. I also give one piece of plain pastoral advice for any discouraged believer trying to find a faithful church. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe
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The Most Important Synod Vote in 40 Years Is Hiding in One Sentence!
2w ago00:12:24Tap to summarizeThis July, the General Synod of the Church of England will debate a single sentence. Just one. And it could undo what the Church has taught about marriage and the body for two thousand years.It's a Private Member's Motion brought by Professor Helen King, affirming that same-sex relationships can be "entirely compatible with Christian discipleship." It doesn't change a single doctrine. It doesn't rewrite the marriage service. It asks something quieter than that — and that's exactly why it matters more than it looks. In this podcast, I want to give you three things: clarity on what's actually happening (and what isn't), the biblical ground to stand on while the Church debates, and a reason to be steady rather than shaken. Because this is the last Synod before the autumn elections — which means the vote in July is not the last word. The real question is whether the faithful will be as awake as everyone else. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe
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The Church Says It's Growing... Britain Says It's Collapsing!
3w ago00:11:30Tap to summarizeTwo reports landed within days of each other. One said the Church of England is growing for the fifth year in a row. The other said church attendance in Britain is below pre-pandemic levels and the so-called "Quiet Revival" never really existed.Both are true. And if you can hold them together, you'll understand more about the actual state of British Christianity than most people writing about it for a living.In this podcast, I walk through what the numbers really say, what they don't say, and what Scripture tells us about being a faithful Christian in a country that is genuinely turning away — without overselling the recovery or panicking about the decline. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe
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Was Britain Ever Really Christian?
3w ago00:11:12Tap to summarizeWe keep calling Britain a Christian nation but did that ever actually make us Christian?In this video, I look at the difference between a country shaped by Christianity and a people saved by Christ and why that distinction matters more now than it ever has. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe
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Are UFOs Demonic? What the Bible Actually Says!
4w ago00:11:29Tap to summarizeThe US government is preparing to release classified files on unidentified craft and materials of alleged non-human origin — and before a single file has dropped, pastors are reportedly being warned to prepare their congregations.In this podcast, I want to cut through the noise and ask the question that actually matters: what does Scripture teach Christians to do when something arrives that looks like truth, carries the weight of authority, and is designed to pull people away from Jesus?We look at the biblical category of deception, what the tradition has always said about non-human intelligence, and why the method of manifestation has never changed the test.Not conspiracy. Not panic. Just biblical clarity for an unsettled moment. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe
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The People Are Speaking. Is The Church Of England Listening?
May 800:18:35Tap to summarizeSomething is happening across the Church of England — and it is not coming from the institution.Since this series began, something has been stirring. Not just on this channel. Not just through the work of Save the Parish. But in the comments sections, in PCC meetings, and now in the letters pages of the national press.Last week the Daily Telegraph published four letters about the state of the Church of England. Four people, from four different counties, writing independently, saying what three videos in this series have been building toward. And two of those letters come from people in my own deanery — two miles from this parish.In this video I read all four letters and respond to each one honestly. I also address the question that keeps coming up in the comments: if one vicar one church is the answer, where are the vicars going to come from? And I want to tell you something about what is happening here, in Chalfont St Giles, that I think matters for this conversation.The people are speaking. Is the Church of England listening? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe
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21 Churches. 2 Priests. 167 Objections. This Is Happening Now!
May 500:18:01Tap to summarizeThe Church of England is proposing to put 21 churches under 2 priests in one deanery in Cornwall. 167 people have formally objected. A hearing is being held this month to decide whether it goes ahead anyway.This is not a hypothetical. This is Kerrier deanery in the Diocese of Truro. And the diocese's own documents are making the case against this model better than any critic could.This is the third video in a series. If you haven't seen videos one and two, I've linked them below.Videos in this series:Video 1 — The Church Knows What Works... So Why Is Your Vicar Disappearing?Video 2 — When The Shepherds Go... Is Your Church Still Teaching The Gospel?The hearing:13 May 2026, Maritime Museum, FalmouthIf your deanery is facing something similar:Your right to object is a statutory right under the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 — not a courtesy. Objections are called representations and are submitted to the Church Commissioners' Mission, Pastoral and Church Property Committee. Anyone may object, not just directly affected parties. Objections must be considered. If the Commissioners proceed despite objections they must give written reasons to every objector. There is a further right of appeal to the Privy Council on questions of law.The most practical plain-English guide to the process is the Save the Parish how-to-object page:savetheparish.com/how-to-objectAll current Church Commissioners consultation cases are listed here:churchofengland.org/resources/parish-reorganisation-and-closed-church-buildings/mission-pastoral-church-propertySource used in this video:Church Times — Church Commissioners to hold hearing on proposal for 21-church benefice in Truro diocese (1 May 2026) - https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/1-may/news/uk/church-commissioners-to-hold-hearing-on-proposal-for-21-church-benefice-in-truro-diocese This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe
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Which King Charles Do You Actually Believe?
May 100:14:11Tap to summarizeKing Charles stood before the United States Congress and called the Christian faith his firm anchor and daily inspiration. He invoked Easter. He spoke of hope and prayer. But this is the same man whose Christmas messages have consistently placed Christianity alongside all the great faiths as one voice in a shared moral chorus.Both speeches were scripted. Both were approved. Both went out in his name.So which one is real and what does the difference reveal, not just about the King, but about all of us?In this podcast, I look carefully at what Charles said in Congress, set it alongside his Christmas 2024 and 2025 messages, unpack the Isaiah passage he quoted and what he left out, and ask what faithful Christian witness actually requires from a monarch, and from us. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe
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When The Shepherds Go… Is Your Church Still Teaching The Gospel
Apr 2800:21:40Tap to summarizeSomething fills the space when shepherds go.And the question we’re now facing in the Church of England is whether what replaces them is still the gospel… or something else.In this podcast, I respond to the conversation many of you have been raising since the last one. The structural crisis is real. But underneath it sits a deeper issue: theological drift, thinning orthodox voices, and a generation of leaders still waiting when they may be needed most.This isn’t about outrage. It’s about clarity.What does faithfulness look like when the institution is drifting? And who is going to hold the line? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe
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The Church Knows What Works... So Why Is Your Vicar Disappearing?
Apr 2400:32:43Tap to summarizeThe Church of England knows what grows churches. They commissioned the research. They published the findings. They ran a pilot — and the pilot collapsed.So why are they doing it again?In this podcast, I walk through the 2014 Church Growth Research Programme, the Wigan pilot project, the Chote audit of £176 million of Strategic Development Funding, and the pension correction now driving clergy cuts across the country — from Leicester to Truro to Kingston.This is not commentary. This is the Church's own evidence, against itself. Links mentioned:From Anecdote to Evidence (2014): https://www.churchofengland.org/about/vision-strategy/funding-strategic-mission-and-ministry/strategic-development-funding/anecdoteThe Chote Review: https://www.churchofengland.org/about/vision-strategy/funding-strategic-mission-and-ministry/strategic-development-funding-0Marcus Walker, The Critic — The Road to Wigan's Tears: https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/november-2023/the-road-to-wigans-tears/Ian Paul, Psephizo — What Has Now Happened With Clergy Pensions: https://www.psephizo.com/life-ministry/what-has-now-happened-with-clergy-pensions/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe
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